[Gcl-devel] Re: Newbie Question: How to build an executable out of lisp source files

[Camm Maguire]

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to comp.lang.lisp as well.

Greetings!  For GCL:

(compile-file "foo.lisp")
(load "foo.o")
(si::save-system "new_image")

will result in a standalone executable which can run without further
reference to GCL, i.e. without GCL itself being installed.
Alternatively, one could treat foo.o as the executable and run it in
compiled mode via 'gcl -batch foo.o', which of course does require the
presence of GCL on the system.

Take care,

address@hidden (Hemanth P.S.) writes:

> I have recently got interested in Lisp and I remember reading
> somewhere that you
> can generate native executables from lisp sources (if all functions
> are annotated) and run them which will be much faster than running
> through the interpreter.
> 
> I have downloaded both CLISP and GCL but I am not able to figure out a
> way from their documentation nor from any FAQ how to generate an exe
> on Windows. Can someone point me to the right direction.
> 
> Thanks.
> --Hemanth

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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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